Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 30, 1948
Distance from district center	12 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	875 (meters)
Map location	See location number #44 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	The terror soldiers of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade and Palestinian Arab Druze unit.
Israeli acts of terror	On 15th of February 1948, the Palmach Third Battalion killed 15 villagers including 5 children, and the destruction of 15 village houses. Another UNKNOWN MASSACRE occurred in Sa'sa' during occupation on the handed of the terror gangs of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade. We need details about this unknown massacre if you have any!
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses, some are deserted, and some are used by Jewish settlers
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	The village inhabitants were mostly ethnically cleansed to Lebanon, but some were allowed to stay in Jish (Safad).
Terminating refugee camps	The refugees are mostly living in Naher al-Barid refugee camp near Tripoli (Lebanon), some are in al-Rashidyah refugee camp near Sour/Tyre (Labanon), and few refugees living in the village of al-Ghaziyah (mostly from al-Sayid clan) near 'Ayn al-Hilwah refugee camp.
Village clans or hamolas	The clans of Wahbeh, al-Sayid, al-Saleh, 'Azzam (mostly in Nahr al-Barid RC) and al-Hajj.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 12,822 Jewish 0 Public 1,974 Total 14,796
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,404 Area planted w/ olives 150 Planted W/ Cereal 4,514 Built up 48 Cultivable 5,918 Non-Cultivable 8,830
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 457 19th century 300 1922 643 1931 840 1945 1,130 1948 1,311 Est. Refugees 1998 8,050
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 154 1948 240
Schools	The village had two elementary schools, one school was for boys and the other school was for girls.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Shrines/maqams	Sa'sa contains maqam/shrine for an old sage known by Maqam al-Sheikh Waheib.
Water supplies	The village contained many springs that supplied it with fresh water
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Sasa
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Some of the old olive trees remain, and a number of walls and houses still stand. Some of the houses are presently used by the settlement; one of them has an arched entrance and arched windows.